The School measures and awards credits using quarter credit hours for all non-nursing programs. The School operates on a quarter term calendar year. A quarter term is between 10 and 12 weeks in length.
Credit will be calculated based on the following credit hour equivalencies: One quarter credit hour equals, at a minimum, 10 classroom hours of lecture, 20 hours of laboratory, and 30 hours of practicum.
A standard contact/class hour is generally 50 minutes in length and appropriate breaks. A student is considered to be full-time when carrying 12 or more credit hours per term.
United Career Institute measures its non-nursing coursework and programs exclusively in standard quarters. In order to best serve the School’s diverse student body, each course (subject) may be offered at a variety of times, days or weeks within each standard quarter. All courses (subjects) begin and end within a quarter. A new quarter begins approximately every six weeks. Please see the school calendar for quarter begin and end dates.